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- Targeting Federal Laboratories as a Catalyst for Private Investment in Research and Development
The attraction of a federal research laboratory to Arizona as a strategic economic development initiative of the Arizona Economic Resource Organization can be justified based on the literature cited below, the relationship of federally funded research and development centers to broader measures of research and development and prosperity, and the implementation of this strategy elsewhere. A primary objective of attracting a federal research facility is to help create a climate that is conducive to private-sector economic development, especially related to research and development. On a purely cost-benefit basis, the pursuit of a federal lab has strong appeal since the benefits largely will accrue within Arizona while a considerable portion of the costs conceivably will be borne by the federal government.
- Hoffman, Dennis L. (Author)
- Battelle Memorial Institute. Technology Partnership Practice (Publisher)
- Identifier ValueASU 8.3:P 65 T 16
- The attraction of a federal research laboratory to Arizona as a strategic economic development
initiative of the Arizona Economic Resource Organization (AERO) can be justified based on the
literature cited below, the relationship of federally funded research and development centers
(FFRDCs) to broader measures of research and development (R&D) and prosperity, and the
implementation of this strategy elsewhere. A primary objective of attracting a federal research
facility is to help create a climate that is conducive to private-sector economic development,
especially related to research and development. On a purely cost-benefit basis, the pursuit of a
federal lab has strong appeal since the benefits largely will accrue within Arizona while a
considerable portion of the costs conceivably will be borne by the federal government. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 9).